How to execute a SQL query on the current date if the date type is datetime?

Question

SQL Server

I have a DATE column with type DATETIME , we need to select all records with today's date.
select date from table where date=getdate() does not work... if you put operators less than or equal to or between then it works....

Answer 1

where cast(date as date) = cast(getdate() as date)

Answer 2

date=cast(getdate() as date)